THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS.
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To the "passionless renown,"
Robe of white, and palm, and crown.
Night and day, and day and night,
Countless souls in grand procession,
One in Faith's sublime confession
With file lesser ranks below
Moving still against the Foe;
One in Hope no change can blight,
Linked in mutual intercession;
One in Love's eternal might,
Knit together each with all
In His Body mystical;
One in Christ the Living Head,
Of whose Life ye all partake,
By whose grace ye all are fed
And the one Communion make.
Ye my little ones and lowly;
Hid on earth in mean disguise,
One with all my martyrs holy,
Spotless robed in Paradise.
Ye who in fire thick of striving
Fight my battles undismayed,
By the proud world's proud contriving
Of no reputation made,
One with them, the virgin throng,
Singing now the Lamb's New Song.
Ye who suffer all temptation,
Sin's assaults and tribulation,
Overcoming all unseen,
Robe of white, and palm, and crown.
Night and day, and day and night,
Countless souls in grand procession,
One in Faith's sublime confession
With file lesser ranks below
Moving still against the Foe;
One in Hope no change can blight,
Linked in mutual intercession;
One in Love's eternal might,
Knit together each with all
In His Body mystical;
One in Christ the Living Head,
Of whose Life ye all partake,
By whose grace ye all are fed
And the one Communion make.
Ye my little ones and lowly;
Hid on earth in mean disguise,
One with all my martyrs holy,
Spotless robed in Paradise.
Ye who in fire thick of striving
Fight my battles undismayed,
By the proud world's proud contriving
Of no reputation made,
One with them, the virgin throng,
Singing now the Lamb's New Song.
Ye who suffer all temptation,
Sin's assaults and tribulation,
Overcoming all unseen,
